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Liverpool Announce Two Shock Departures as Former Coach Re-Joins Club in Backroom Shake-up - Liverpool Echo
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, JUL 2 – Liverpool reshapes coaching staff with Giovanni van Bronckhorst as assistant and Xavi Valero returning as goalkeeper coach after key departures from the department.
- Liverpool announced backroom changes on July 2, 2025, with Fabian Otte and Claudio Taffarel leaving and Giovanni van Bronckhorst joining as assistant coach.
- The departures of Otte and Taffarel followed earlier staff shifts by Arne Slot after winning the Premier League, while van Bronckhorst was appointed to replace John Heitinga, who left for Ajax.
- Van Bronckhorst, a former Netherlands captain and manager with titles at Feyenoord and Rangers, and brief spells in China and Turkey, will support Slot pending visa approval.
- Xavi Valero returned from West Ham as Liverpool's head of first-team goalkeeper coaching, succeeding Fabian Otte who departed after only one season.
- These restructuring moves ahead of the 2025-26 season aim to strengthen Liverpool's coaching staff as they build on recent successes including Slot’s Premier League title win.
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Liverpool announce two shock departures as former coach re-joins club in backroom shake-up - Liverpool Echo
Liverpool have confirmed the appointments of Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Xavi Valero to Arne Slot's backroom staff, with both Fabian Otte and Claudio Taffarel leaving the club
Giovanni van Bronckhorst is the successor of John Heitinga as assistant to Arne Slot at Liverpool FC.
By Holger Wilkens Just a year ago, Fabian Otte, originally from Schüttorf, joined the coaching staff of Premier League club Liverpool FC as the head goalkeeper coach. However, after a highly successful debut season, the 34-year-old is already leaving the club. "Otte is leaving the club after a season in which he contributed to Liverpool's Premier League success as head of goalkeeping for the first team," the traditional English club announced on…
Liverpool announced on this Thursday (2) the release of the Taffarel tetra Campion of the Golley Trainer's function through an official note published on its website. The Brazilian will be replaced by Xavi Valero, who returns to the club. The change is part of a reform that is being done in the football department. Fabian Otte, who worked with Taffarel, also leaves the English club. “If leaving the Golleys Department before the next campaign is …
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